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📺 Clarkson's Farm

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One of the most enjoyable and educational shows I’ve watched in a while. Hilarious characters who demonstrate how difficult and thankless farming can be.

Some things I’ve learned:

  • How a cultivator works
  • How exact tractor rows need to be
  • How heavy rain or weeks of drought affect the farming schedule
  • The many regulations farmers face — from registering each field with its crops, to sanitrary requirements, to land use regs
  • How necessary government subsidies for farming are, especially for less hearty crops

After a year of dawn to dusk tractoring, Season 1 ends with an unbelievably slim profit margin. Very worth a watch.